Remembering Tara, part I

This is the first set of photos, from our time together; 2003-2009. A second collection will be posted next week with photos from 2009-2015.

Harper's Ferry, WV, 2004

Cape Coral, FL 2004

Fort Myers, FL 2004

Cape May, NJ 2004

Skating rink on New Year's Day, at Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC 2005

Bandelier National Park, NM 2004

Route 66, Amarillo, TX 2004

The Rose Garden at The White House, Washington DC 2004

The West Wing at the White House, Washington DC 2004

At the neighbors' wedding, Fairfax, VA 2004

Skummeslöv, Sweden 2004

Gothenburg, Sweden 2005

Gothenburg, Sweden 2005

Student ball at Wermland's Nation, Lund University, Sweden 2005

Tivoli amusement park, Copenhagen, Denmark 2005

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France 2005

Tour Eiffel, Paris, France 2005

Malmö, Sweden 2005

Båstad Centercourt, Sweden 2006

After three days on the Skåneleden trail 2006

Student ball at Wermland's Nation, Lund University, Sweden 2006

Our study in the 19th century cottage/house in Lund, Sweden 2006

Cold Christmas, our front door in Lund, Sweden 2006

Planning for the wedding reception at Svaneholm's castle, Sweden 2006

At the tall ships' race, Stockholm 2006

Wedding photo, Amarillo, TX 12 May 2007

Our ride after the ceremony, Amarillo TX 2007

Showing off the Texas Two Step, Canyon, TX 2007 (everybody is watching, except Chris and Sarah who are romantically watching the sunset together ...)

Newlyweds with firepower. The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2007

With Caroline and Patrik, Amarillo, TX 2007

Above the Arctic Circle, two days into our 18 day hike on the Padjelanta trail in northern Sweden 2008

In the midst of the highlands, on our 7th day of the Padjelanta hike, Sweden 2008

Cross-country skiing, Orsa-Grönklitt, Sweden 2009

Christmas at home in Fairfax, VA 2004

Remembering Tara

Mother and wife.

Always remembered.

Music from the ceremony:





UMC Hymnal #593 "Here I Am, Lord", #502 "Thy Holy Wings, O Savior", #528 "Nearer My God to Thee".
Reverend: Steve Armfield, Immanuel Church, Stockholm.
Organ: Eric Wadman
Cello: Amalie Stalheim

Evening trip to the nature reserve

A beautiful afternoon/ evening hike through the Nacka nature reserve. Tara enjoys the view of the lake Söderbysjön where there is supposed to be plenty of European perch.

Fighting style photo before the fishing session.

Mommy enjoyed trying out W's fishing rod.

He knows how it's done. Very manly fishing pose...

Surveying the waters with a firm grip on the handle.

Can we all get into one photo frame?

Dinner's ready! Oh, and there's Beef Jerky for everyone!

Outdoor dining.

Time to go home. It is 8.15 PM.

Walking across the bridge that separates lake Dammtorpssjön and lake Söderbysjön.

Violin concert in May

W playing a string quintet ("Snowflakes, The Mist, The Wind and The Moon" by Lesa Longay) with his violin teacher and his class on May 24.



Practice at home of the above piece.



Solo performance of "O, Come Little Children" by W at the violin concert in May.

Beautifully Swedish

Rekorderlig Cider (Tara's favorite brand) has put out a number of tv ads in the US, playing heavily on their Swedish roots. Thanks to Debra's twitter account, we realized that this has become something of a fad in the States. And so we had to watch the spots on Youtube. And they are quite funny! There is quite a lot of truth behind their portrayal of Swedishness and what it means to "be a Swede". Enjoy!

Swedish school - the right way of "being Swedish":

"Knullrufs" - Pronounciation class:

Sauna class:

Playing Kubb with style:

Have you seen the muffin man?

L proudly presents the muffins she baked together with Daddy.

We had particularly fun with making the colored frosting and arranging all the different decorations!

First pike

Evening fishing at Sickla lake, ten minutes walk from our apartment.

On the ferry over to Hammarby sjöstad - lots of fish in the water here.

 A 5-6 lbs Northern pike caught in the local waters.

Casting gear ready.